Global Patent Index - EP 3448489 A1

EP 3448489 A1 20190306 - DEVICES FOR ASSISTING WITH ADVANCEMENT OF CATHETERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Title (en)

DEVICES FOR ASSISTING WITH ADVANCEMENT OF CATHETERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNGEN ZUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG DES VORSCHUBS VON KATHETER SOWIE ENTSPRECHENDE SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIFS D'ASSISTANCE À LA PROGRESSION DE CATHÉTERS ET SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS

Publication

EP 3448489 A1 20190306 (EN)

Application

EP 17790433 A 20170427

Priority

  • US 201662328239 P 20160427
  • US 2017029850 W 20170427

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017189853A1] The various embodiments herein relate a catheter advancement device having an elongate shaft and a capsule attached to or integral with the shaft, and related methods for assisting with advancement of catheters such as guiding catheters while reducing damage to the inner wall of the blood vessel. Some capsules have a distal plug portion and a neck portion having a smaller diameter than the plug. Other capsules have a channel defined along the outer surface of the capsule.

IPC 8 full level

A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/088 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61M 25/0041 (2013.01 - US); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01 - US); A61M 25/0069 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 25/0102 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01 - US); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01 - EP); A61M 25/10 (2013.01 - US); A61M 2025/0018 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 2025/0079 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 2025/0687 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2017189853 A1 20171102; EP 3448489 A1 20190306; EP 3448489 A4 20191225; JP 2019514523 A 20190606; US 2017333681 A1 20171123

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2017029850 W 20170427; EP 17790433 A 20170427; JP 2018555867 A 20170427; US 201715499194 A 20170427